HackerRank
HackerRank, a platform for recruiters to test coders and coders to hone skills, raises $60M at ~$500M valuation
The job market for coders remains very tight on both sides of the table: There remains a major skills and talent shortage when it comes to finding people for specialized,…
HackerRank acquires Mimir, an online platform for computer science courses
HackerRank, a popular platform for practicing and hosting online coding interviews, today announced that it has acquired Mimir, a cloud-based service that provides tools for teaching computer science courses. Mimir,…
Everybody wants to hire data scientists — or at least that’s what it feels like these days. Problem is, data science isn’t just a basic set of skills, but an…
Google’s Area 120 launches Byteboard to improve technical interviews
Area 120, Google’s lab for experimental projects, is launching Byteboard today, a new tool that aims to make the technical interview experience less tedious and more effective. The team argues…
HackerRank, the skills-based recruiting platform and online coding challenge community, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series C funding round led by JMI Equity, a fund that…
Hiring has gone Hollywood
The top of the hiring funnel has gotten very crowded. We’ve always had recruiters or headhunters for top executives. They’re also commonly used in many industries for lower-skill positions, i.e.…
Startups are making the rejection letter a thing of the past
It seems clear that job rejections are headed for the nostalgia pile, alongside Pop Rocks, big hair, Fanta and hockey fights. Before too long, we’ll look back on the era…
Microsoft and HackerRank bring executable code snippets to Bing’s search results pages
Sooner or later, every programmer ends up searching for code snippets and algorithms. Most search engines, though, don’t exactly specialize in code search and so you end up with a…
HackerRank Makes Technical Recruiting More Transparent
Recruiting software engineers is a massive headache for both startups and established companies. For a while now, HackerRank has tried to make both applying for these jobs and hiring the right…
HackerRank Gets $7.5M Investment From Recruit, Launches New Screening Tool For Data Scientists And Database Engineers
Disrupt Battlefield alum HackerRank today announced that it has received a $7.5 million strategic investment from Recruit Holdings’ HR Technology Fund for its hiring platform today.
HackerRank Expands Its Technical Recruiting Platform To Mobile With DroidRank
HackerRank, a technical recruiting platform and former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist, today announced it is expanding into mobile with the launch of DroidRank. Recruiters could already test for Java skills…
HackerRank Raises A $9.2M Series B From Khosla And Battery Ventures For Its Technical Recruiting Platform
HackerRank, the technical recruitment platform and code-challenge community, today announced that it has raised a $9.2 million Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures and Battery Ventures. Other participants…
HackerRank Wants To Build A One-Stop Shop For Technical Phone Interviews
When it comes to hiring engineers, many companies now use a real-time web platform like TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield and Y Combinator alum HackerRank to see how candidates write their code.…
HackerRank Launches CodePair To Improve Technical Interviews
HackerRank is a social platform for fun coding challenges that launched at TechCrunch SF Disrupt in 2012. It grew out of Interviewstreet, a technical recruiting platform that’s being used by companies like…
HackerRank Will Host Back To School Hackathon, Bringing College Students To Hot Startups
HackerRank has hosted college-focused hackathons before, but on February 2, it plans to connect some of the top coding talent in universities with some of the best-known companies in Silicon Valley.…
Here Are Your TechCrunch Disrupt SF Battlefield Startups From Day 2
What a day! TechCrunch Disrupt SF day two kicked off with super angel Ron Conway and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. Then we had Kevin Rose, Marc Benioff, Aaron Levie…
HackerRank Launches A New Social Platform For Coders Based Around Puzzles And Real-World Problems
HackerRank, a new social platform for coders, is launching at TechCrunch Disrupt today. The Y Combinator-backed company, which was founded by the same team as job site InterviewStreet, wants to…
